The Angels' two biggest power threats — Kendrys Morales and Vernon Wells — are on the disabled list. One won't return this season. The other will return bringing a .183 average with him.

That leaves just two power threats in the lineup on a daily basis —Torii Hunter, who has averaged 22 home runs per season in his first three with the Angels, and rookie Mark Trumbo, with a total of six major league home runs.

Angels general manager Tony Reagins said he doesn't see power as a glaring need the team will have to address during the season.

"Not necessarily (because of) the makeup of our team," Reagins said. "We play a different style of game. We don't necessarily play a power-type of game. We don't play in a ballpark that would fit a power game."

That is an understatement this season. The Angels have hit just seven home runs in their first 19 home games (only the Twins have hit fewer at home) while giving up 12. Overall, the Angels rank ninth in the AL in home runs (32 through the first 40 games), 17th in the majors.

Even that power has been dwindling. They had just 10 in their 22 games before Monday and had not hit two in a game since April 20 in Texas.

"That's the cards we were dealt," said Hunter who has not hit a home run since April 21. "We have to deal with it and we're going to deal with it. We're going to run the bases aggressively. We're going to play the game the right way.

"We can't sit around waiting for a three-run home run. We're not those guys right now."

Adding one of "those guys" in midseason is not impossible, said Reagins who has swung impact in-season trades for Mark Teixeira, Scott Kazmir, Alberto Callaspo and Dan Haren over the past three seasons.

"It depends," Reagins said when asked how difficult it would be to deal for a 20-homer power threat. "It depends on the situation — where a team is in the standings, where a team is financially."

But Manager Mike Scioscia does not see the Angels' lack of power as a handicap dragging down his team's offense.

"In '09, I think we scored the second- or third-most runs in baseball and were only ninth in home runs," Scioscia said, only off by one spot. The Angels were eighth in the AL with 173 home runs in 2009 (and second in runs scored with a franchise-record 883).

"Offense is created in a number of different areas. Power is one of them. In a perfect world, yeah, you'd like to have a lineup with speed, situational hitting, power — with everything," he said. "But the real world says you're not going to have every one of those things. That doesn't mean you're not going to be able to score runs.

"I think what's more detracting from our offense is our poor hitting with runners in scoring position more than any perception of a lack of power."

Rookie Mark Trumbo is tied for the Angels' team lead with six home runs. FILE PHOTO
Grounds crew workers sweep water off the infield tarp Monday as an Oakland player warms up. The game started late due to the rain delay. JEFF CHIU, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oakland Athletics' David DeJesus, left, scores past Los Angeles Angels catcher Bobby Wilson on an error by Angels' third baseman Alberto Callaspo in the fifth inning. The Angels lost, 5-4, in 10 innings, in a game that lasted until about 11:40 p.m. JEFF CHIU, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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